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Music and performance by Paul Henry, lyrics by me.
In Havana
2022©John Schofield
They dance to the band in a fancy taverna
Swaying along to the latino beat
A lithe don Juan tries to teach them flamenco
And the laughter spills onto the…
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My lyrics set to music by Robert Sommerstein.
I’m OK now
©2020JohnSchofield
Verse 1
I’m not sure I loved you all that much
I guess it wasn’t love, as such
Just a silly crush, I thought
Some kind of nasty bug I’d caught
I’m not sure…
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My lyrics set to music by Robert Sommerstein.
I’m OK now
©2020JohnSchofield
Verse 1
I’m not sure I loved you all that much
I guess it wasn’t love, as such
Just a silly crush, I thought
Some kind of nasty bug I’d caught
I’m not sure…
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My lyrics (slightly modified) set to music by Elisabeth Roberts and sung by Ronan Scolard.
The Call of the Sea
©2020JohnSchofield
Verse 1
We head for the Horn, sails tattered and torn
A cargo of grain from the east
And the albatross glides…
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Bobby Sommerstein has composed and sings his version of my lyrics to Magic Place. The Magic Place is based on uninhabited Hawksbill Cay in the Bahamas, where I would often anchor. And have a tot of rum.
Verse 1
There’s a magic place I go…
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A song about climate change, my lyrics, music composed by Paul Henry and performed by him.
Circle of Life
2021©John Schofield
The sun beats down on the African plain
Where the long rains are late again
Waterholes are cracked and dry
And…
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My lyrics, music composed and arranged by Elisabeth Roberts.
The lyrics won the UK Songwriting Contest 2020, lyrics category.
It’s Later Than You Think
2020© John Schofield
Verse 1
On a restroom wall in Baltimore
Above a broken…
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Based broadly on the fate of the town of Oatman, Arizona. Oatman was located on busy U.S. Route 66 and catered to travelers driving between Kingman, Arizona, and Needles, California. The town was completely bypassed in 1953 when a new route was…
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A song about climate change, my lyrics, music composed by Paul Henry and performed by him.
Circle of Life
2021©John Schofield
The sun beats down on the African plain
Where the long rains are late again
Waterholes are cracked and dry
And…
Uploaded
A song about climate change, my lyrics, music composed by Paul Henry and performed by him.
Circle of Life
2021©John Schofield
The sun beats down on the African plain
Where the long rains are late again
Waterholes are cracked and dry
And…
Uploaded
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